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René Alejandro Méndez Bussard

Profesor

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Astrometry as applied to fundamental problems in astrophysics Information and decision theory applied to astronomy - fundamental limits in astrometry and photometry - Bayesian estimation in astronomy

Astronomia, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1995
Astronomy, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1993
Astronomia, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1989
Fisica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1987

Profesor Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas

Santiago, Chile

2004 - A la fecha

Director Full Time

Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2011 - 2013
Director Full Time

Unidad Mixta Internacional - Laboratorio Franco-Chileno de Astronomia (CNRS)

Santiago, Chile

2011 - 2013
Subdirector Full Time

Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2010 - 2011
Jefe Docente Full Time

Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2004 - 2011
Representante Chileno Full Time

Union Astronomica Internacional

Santiago, Chile

2011 - 2015
Evaluador - Miembro del panel Full Time

CONICYT, Comite de Asignacion de Tiempo para GEMINI Sur

Santiago, Chile

2017 - A la fecha
Evaluador becas de Magister y Doctorado, Nacional y Extranjeras, Miembro del panel Full Time

CONICYT

Santiago, Chile

2013 - A la fecha
Evaluador de articulos cientificos Other

Revistas ApJ, AJ, A&A, MNRAS & PASP

Santiago, Chile

2004 - A la fecha
Chairman fund Vera-Rubin/UdeChile Implementation Committee Other

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2022 - A la fecha
Elected member Commission 1(Fundamental Astronomy) Other

International Astronomical Union

Paris, Francia

2021 - A la fecha


Characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres through a model-unbiased spectral survey methodology Lira-Barria, A.; Rojo, P. M.; Mendez, R. A. Article ISI ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2022)
Orbital Elements and Individual Component Masses from Joint Spectroscopic and Astrometric Data of Double-line Spectroscopic Binaries* Anguita-Aguero, Jennifer; Mendez, Rene A.; Claveria, Ruben M.; Costa, Edgardo Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2022)
20 Orbits of binaries based on soar speckle observations Gomez, Jorge; Docobo, Jose A.; Campo, Pedro P.; Andrade, Manuel; Mendez, Rene A.; Costa, Edgardo Article ISI MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2021)
Bayes-based Orbital Elements Estimation in Triple Hierarchical Stellar Systems* dagger Villegas, Constanza; Mendez, Rene A.; Silva, Jorge F.; Orchard, Marcos E. Article ISI PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (2021)
Exploring the Galactic Anticenter Substructure with LAMOST and Gaia DR2 Li, Jing; Xue, Xiang-Xiang; Liu, Chao; Zhang, Bo; Rix, Hans-Walter; Carlin, Jeffrey L.; Yang, Chengqun; Mendez, Rene A.; Zhong, Jing; Tian, Hao; Zhang, Lan; Xu, Yan; Wu, Yaqian; Zhao, Gang; Chang, Ruixiang Article ISI ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2021)
Orbits and Masses of Binaries from Speckle Interferometry at SOAR* Mendez, Rene A.; Claveria, Ruben M.; Costa, Edgardo Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2021)
Potential asteroid discoveries by the ESA Gaia mission: Results from follow-up observations Carry, B.; Thuillot, W.; Spoto, F.; David, P.; Berthier, J.; Tanga, P.; Mignard, F.; Bouquillon, S.; Mendez, R. A.; Rivet, J. -P.; Le Van Suu, A.; Dell'Oro, A.; Fedorets, G.; Frezouls, B.; Granvik, M.; Guiraud, J.; Muinonen, K.; Panem, C.; Pauwels, T.; Roux, W.; Walmsley, G.; Petit, J. -M.; Abe, L.; Ayvazian, V.; Baillie, K.; Baransky, A.; Bendjoya, P.; Dennefeld, M.; Desmars, J.; Eggl, S.; Godunova, V.; Hestroffer, D.; Inasaridze, R.; Kashuba, V.; Krugly, Y. N.; Molotov, I. E.; Robert, V.; Simon, A.; Sokolov, I.; Souami, D.; Tarady, V.; Taris, F.; Troianskyi, V.; Vasylenko, V.; Vernet, D. Article ISI ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2021)
Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2020 Tokovinin, Andrei; Mason, Brian D.; Mendez, Rene A.; Costa, Edgardo; Mann, Andrew W.; Henry, Todd J. Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2021)
Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2019 Tokovinin, Andrei; Mason, Brian D.; Mendez, Rene A.; Costa, Edgardo; Horch, Elliott P. Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2020)
The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope : Overview and Construction Status Yoshii, Yuzuru; Doi, Mamoru; Miyata, Takashi; Kohno, Kotaro; Tanaka, Masuo; Minezaki, Takeo; Sako, Shigeyuki; Morokuma, Tomoki; Tanabe, Toshihiko; Hatsukade, Bunyo; Konishi, Masahiro; Kamizuka, Takafumi; Asano, Kentaro; Sameshima, Hiroaki; Kato, Natsuko M.; Mumata, Mizuki; Takahashi, Hidenori; Aoki, Tsutomu; Soyano, Takao; Tarusawa, Ken'ichi; Yoshikawa, Kenji; Motohara, Kentaro; Tamura, Yoichi; Koshida, Shintaro; Handa, Toshihiro; Bronfman, Leonardo; Ruiz, Maria T.; Hamuy, Mario; Mendez, Rene; Escala, Andres; Marshall, HK; Spyromilio, J; Usuda, T Article ISI COMPUTATIONAL OPTICS 2024 (2020)
Orbits of 14 binaries based on 2018 SOAR speckle observations Docobo, JA; Gomez, J; Campo, PP; Andrade, M; Horch, EP; Costa, E; Mendez, RA Article ISI SCOPUS MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2019)
Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2018 Tokovinin A.; Mason B.D.; Mendez R.A.; Horch, E. P.; Briceno C. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2019)
The origin of very massive stars around NGC 3603 Kalari, V. M.; Vink J.S.; De Wit W.J.; Bastian N.J.; MÃ©ndez R.A. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2019)
The Origins of Young Stars in the Direction of the Leading Arm of the Magellanic Stream: Abundances, Kinematics, and Orbits Zhang, L; Casetti-Dinescu, DI; Bidin, CM; Mendez, RA; Girard, TM; Vieira, K.; Korchagin, VI; van Altena, WF; Zhao, G Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2019)
Value-added Catalogs of M-type Stars in LAMOST DR5 Zhong, J; Li, J; Carlin, JL; Chen, L; Mendez, RA; Hou, JL Article ISI ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES (2019)
Visual Binary Stars with Partially Missing Data: Introducing Multiple Imputation in Astrometric Analysis Claveria, Ruben M.; Mendez, Rene A.; Silva, Jorge F.; Orchard, Marcos E Article ISI SCOPUS PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (2019)
In-situ Star Formation in the Outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud: Gaia DR2 Confirmation Casetti-Dinescu, DI; Girard, TM; Bidin, CM; Zhang, L; Mendez, RA; Vieira, K.; Korchagin, VI; van Altena, WF Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS (2018)
Optimality of the maximum likelihood estimator in astrometry Espinosa, S; Silva, J.; Mendez, R; Lobos, R.; Orchard, M. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2018)
Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects III: 118 L and T dwarfs Smart, R. L.; Bucciarelli B.; Jones, H. R. A.; Marocco F.; Andrei, A. H.; Goldman B.; Mendez R.A.; d'Avila V.A.; Burningham, B; Camargo, J. I. B.; Crosta M.T.; DaprÃ M.; Jenkins J.S.; Lachaume R.; Lattanzi, M. G.; Penna J.L.; Pinfield, D. J.; da Silva Neto D.N.; Sozzetti A.; Vecchiato A. Article ISI SCOPUS Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2018)
Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2016 and 2017 Tokovinin, Andrei; Mason, Brian D.; Hartkopf, William I.; Mendez, Rene A.; Horch, Elliott P. Article The Astronomical Journal (2018)
Characterizing the astrometric precision limit for moving targets observed with digital-array detectors Bouquillon, S; Mendez, RA; Altmann, M; Carlucci, T; Barache, C; Taris, F; Andrei, AH; Smart, R Article Astronomy & Astrophysics (2017)
Chemical Composition of Young Stars in the Leading Arm of the Magellanic System Zhang, Lan; Moni Bidin, Christian; Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Méndez, Réne A.; Girard, Terrence M.; Korchagin, Vladimir I.; Vieira, Katherine; van Altena, William F.; Zhao, Gang Article Astrophysical Journal (2017)
Orbits for 18 Visual Binaries and Two Double-line Spectroscopic Binaries Observed with HRCAM on the CTIO SOAR 4 m Telescope, Using a New Bayesian Orbit Code Based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo Mendez, Rene A.; Claveria, Ruben M.; Orchard, Marcos E.; Silva, Jorge F. Article The Astronomical Journal (2017)
VVV high proper motion stars ? I. The catalogue of bright K S ? 13.5 stars Kurtev, R.; Gromadzki, M.; Beamín, J. C.; Folkes, S. L.; Pena Ramirez, K.; Ivanov, V. D.; Borissova, J.; Villanueva, V.; Minniti, D.; Mendez, R.; Lucas, P. W.; Smith, L. C.; Pinfield, D. J.; Kuhn, M. A.; Jones, H. R. A.; Antonova, A.; Yip, A. K. P. Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2017)
Young stars in the periphery of the Large Magellanic Cloud Moni Bidin, C.; Casetti-Dinescu, D. I.; Girard, T. M.; Zhang, L.; Méndez, R. A.; Vieira, K.; Korchagin, V. I.; van Altena, W. F. Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2017)
Analysis of the Bayesian Cramer-Rao lower bound in astrometry Studying the impact of prior information in the location of an object Echeverria, Alex; Silva, Jorge F.; Mendez, Rene A.; Orchard, Marcos Article Astronomy and Astrophysics (2016)
ORBITS OF 12 SOUTHERN BINARIES BASED ON SOAR SPECKLE OBSERVATIONS Gomez, J.; Docobo, J. A.; Campo, P. P; Mendez, R. A. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2016)
Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2015 Tokovinin, A.; Mason, B. D.; Hartkopf, W. I.; Mendez, R.A.; Horch, E. P. Article The Astronomical Journal (2016)
NEW RADIAL SYSTEMS OF DARK GLOBULES Gyulbudaghian, AL; Mendez, RA Article REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA (2015)
On the local dark matter density Moni Bidin, C.; Smith, R; Carraro, G; Méndez R.A.; Moyano, M Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2015)
On the local dark matter density Moni Bidin, C.; Smith, R.; Carraro, G; Mendez, R. A.; Moyano, M Article ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2015)
Performance Analysis of the Least-Squares Estimator in Astrometry Lobos, Rodrigo A.; Silva, Jorge F.; Mendez, Rene A.; Orchard, Marcos Article PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (2015)
Performance Analysis of the Least-Squares Estimator in Astrometry Lobos, Rodrigo A.; Silva, Jorge F.; Mendez, Rene A.; Orchard, Marcos Article ISI SCOPUS Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2015)
SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY AT SOAR IN 2014 Tokovinin, A; Mason, BD; Hartkopf, WI; Mendez, RA; Horch, EP Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2015)
Spectrophotometric characterization of high proper motion sources from WISE Beamn, J. C.; Ivanov, V. D.; Minniti, D; Smart, R. L.; Mui, K.; Méndez R.A.; Beletsky Y.; Bayo, A.; Gromadzki, M; Kurtev, R Article ISI SCOPUS Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015)
Spectrophotometric characterization of high proper motion sources from WISE Beamn, J. C.; Ivanov, V. D.; Minniti, D.; Smart, R. L.; Mui, K.; Mendez, R. A.; Beletsky, Y; Bayo, A; Gromadzki, M.; Kurtev, R. Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015)
A comprehensive view of the Virgo stellar stream Duffau, S; Vivas A.K.; Zinn, R; Mendez, R.; Ruiz, M. T. Article ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2014)
A comprehensive view of the Virgo stellar stream Duffau S.; Vivas, A. K.; Zinn, R; Mendez, R; Ruiz M.T. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2014)
Analysis of the Cramér-Rao Bound in the Joint Estimation of Astrometry and Photometry Mendez, R. A.; Silva, J. F.; Orostica, R.; Lobos, R. Article Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific (2014)
RECENT STAR FORMATION IN THE LEADING ARM OF THE MAGELLANIC STREAM Casetti-Dinescu, DI; Bidin, CM; Girard, TM; Mendez, RA; Vieira, K; Korchagin, VI; van Altena, WF Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS (2014)
Temperature constraints on the coldest brown dwarf known: WISE 0855-0714 Beamin, J. C.; Ivanov, V. D.; Bayo, A.; Muzic, K.; Boffin, H. M. J.; Allard, F.; Homeier, D.; Minniti, D.; Gromadzki, M.; Kurtev, R.; Lodieu, N.; Martin, E. L.; Mendez, R. A. Article ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2014)
WISEP J061135.13--041024.0 AB: A J-band Flux Reversal Binary at the L/T Transition. Gelino, C. R.; Smart, R. L.; Marocco, F.; Kirkpatrick, J. D.; Cushing, M. C.; Mace, G.; Mendez, R. A.; Tinney, C. G.; Jones, Hugh R. A. Article The Astronomical Journal (2014)
Analysis and Interpretation of the Cramer-Rao Lower-Bound in Astrometry: One-Dimensional Case Mendez, RA; Silva, JF; Lobos, R. Article ISI SCOPUS Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2013)
Analysis and Interpretation of the Cramer-Rao Lower-Bound in Astrometry: One-Dimensional Case Mendez, RA; Silva, JF; Lobos, R Article PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (2013)
NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results Smart, RL; Tinney, CG; Bucciarelli, B; Marocco, F.; Abbas, U; Andrei, A; Bernardi, G; Burningham, B.; Cardoso, C; Costa, E; Crosta, MT; Dapra, M; Day-Jones, A; Goldman, B; Jones, HRA; Lattanzi, MG; Leggett, SK; Lucas, P; Mendez, R.; Penna, JL; Pinfield, D; Smith, L; Sozzetti, A; Vecchiato, A Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2013)
NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results Smart, RL; Tinney, CG; Bucciarelli B.; Marocco, F; Abbas U.; Andrei, A; Bernardi G.; Burningham, B; Cardoso C.; Costa E.; Crosta, MT; Dapra, M; Day?Jones, A; Goldman B.; Jones, HRA; Lattanzi, MG; Leggett, SK; Lucas P.; Mendez, R; Penna, JL; Pinfield D.; Smith L.; Sozzetti, A; Vecchiato A. Article ISI SCOPUS Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2013)
Unstable Objects in Molecular Cloud LDN133 Gyulbudaghian, AL; Mendez, RA Article Astrophysics (2013)
KINEMATICAL AND CHEMICAL VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE GALACTIC THICK DISK. I. THICK DISK KINEMATICS Moni Bidin, C.; Carraro, G; Méndez R.A. Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2012)
Kinematical and Chemical Vertical Structure of the Galactic Thick Disk. I. Thick Disk Kinematics. Moni Bidin, C.; Carraro, G.; Méndez, R. A. Article The Astrophysical Journal (2012)
KINEMATICAL AND CHEMICAL VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE GALACTIC THICK DISK. II. A LACK OF DARK MATTER IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD Moni Bidin, C.; Carraro, G; Méndez R.A.; Smith, R Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2012)
KINEMATICAL AND CHEMICAL VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE GALACTIC THICK DISK. II. A LACK OF DARK MATTER IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD Moni Bidin, C.; Carraro, G; Mendez, R. A.; Smith, R. Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2012)
FIRST GROUND-BASED CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE PROPER MOTIONS FOR FORNAX. II. FINAL RESULTS Mendez, RA; Costa E.; Gallart C.; Pedreros, MH; Moyano, M; Altmann, M. Article ISI SCOPUS Astronomical Journal (2011)
First Ground-based Charge-coupled Device Proper Motions for Fornax. II. Final Results. Mendez, R. A.; Costa, E.; Gallart, C.; Pedreros, M. H.; Moyano, M.; Altmann, M. Article The Astronomical Journal (2011)
THE PROPER MOTION OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. II. NEW RESULTS FOR FIVE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD FIELDS Costa E.; Mendez, RA; Pedreros, MH; Moyano, M; Gallart C.; Noel, N Article ISI SCOPUS Astronomical Journal (2011)
THE PROPER MOTION OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. II. NEW RESULTS FOR FIVE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD FIELDS Costa, E; Mendez, RA; Pedreros, MH; Moyano, M; Gallart, C; Noel, N Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2011)
NO EVIDENCE FOR A DARK MATTER DISK WITHIN 4 kpc FROM THE GALACTIC PLANE Bidin, CM; Carraro, G; Mendez, RA; van Altena, WF Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS (2010)
NO EVIDENCE FOR A DARK MATTER DISK WITHIN 4 kpc FROM THE GALACTIC PLANE Bidin, CM; Carraro, G; Mendez, RA; van Altena, WF Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal Letters (2010)
Proper Motions of Local Group Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies I: First Ground-Based Results for Fornax Mendez, RA; Costa, E; Pedreros, MH; Moyano, M; Altmann, M; Gallart, C Article PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (2010)
Proper Motions of Local Group Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies I: First Ground-Based Results for Fornax Mendez, RA; Costa E.; Pedreros, MH; Moyano, M; Altmann, M.; Gallart C. Article ISI PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (2010)
THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD. XXII. PARALLAX RESULTS FROM THE CTIOPI 0.9 m PROGRAM: TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF 64 NEARBY SYSTEMS WITH 0.'' 5 <=mu <= 1.'' 0 yr(-1) (SLOWMO SAMPLE) Riedel, AR; Subasavage, JP; Finch, CT; Jao, WC; Henry, TJ; Winters, JG; Brown, MA; Ianna, PA; Costa, E; Mendez, RA Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2010)
The solar neighborhood. XXII. parallax results from the CTIOPI 0.9 m program: Trigonometric parallaxes of 64 nearby systems with 0?5 ? ? 1?.0 yr -1 (SLOWMO sample) Riedel A.R.; Jao, W. C.; Henry, T. J.; Winters, J .G.; Brown M.A.; Subasavage J.P.; Finch C.T.; Ianna P.A.; Costa E.; Méndez R.A. Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2010)
OLD MAIN-SEQUENCE TURNOFF PHOTOMETRY IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. II. STAR FORMATION HISTORY AND ITS SPATIAL GRADIENTS Noel, NED; Aparicio, A; Gallart, C; Hidalgo, SL; Costa, E; Mendez, RA Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2009)
OLD MAIN-SEQUENCE TURNOFF PHOTOMETRY IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. II. STAR FORMATION HISTORY AND ITS SPATIAL GRADIENTS Noel, NED; Aparicio, A; Gallart C.; Hidalgo, SL; Costa E.; Mendez, RA Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2009)
THE PROPER MOTION OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. I. FIRST RESULTS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM Costa, E; Mendez, RA; Pedreros, MH; Moyano, M; Gallart, C; Noel, N; Baume, G; Carraro, G Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2009)
THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD. XXI. PARALLAX RESULTS FROM THE CTIOPI 0.9 m PROGRAM: 20 NEW MEMBERS OF THE 25 PARSEC WHITE DWARF SAMPLE Subasavage, JP; Jao, WC; Henry, TJ; Bergeron, P; Dufour, P; Ianna, PA; Costa, E; Mendez, RA Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2009)
Basic parameters of three star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Kron 11, Kron 63 and NGC 121 BAUME, G; Noel, NED; Costa E.; Carraro, G; Mendez, RA; Pedreros, MH Article ISI SCOPUS MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2008)
The chemical enrichment history of the small magellanic cloud and its gradients Carrera, R; Gallart, C; Aparicio, A; Costa, E; Mendez, RA; Noel, NED Article ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2008)
The chemical enrichment history of the small magellanic cloud and its gradients Carrera R.; Gallart C.; Aparicio, A; Costa E.; Mendez, RA; Noel, NED Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2008)
The star formation history in 12 SMC fields Noel N.E.D.; Aparicio A.; Gallart C.; Hidalgo S.L.; Costa E.; Mendez R.A. Article STELLAR POPULATIONS: PLANNING FOR THE NEXT DECADE (2008)
Trumpler 20-an old and rich open cluster Platais, I; Melo, C; Fulbright, JP; Kozhurina-Platais V.; Figueira, P; Barnes, SA; Mendez, RA Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2008)
Trumpler 20-an old and rich open cluster Platais I.; Melo, C; Fulbright, JP; Kozhurina-Platais V.; Figueira, P; Barnes, SA; Mendez, RA Article ISI SCOPUS MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2008)
Spectroscopy of quest RR Lyrae variables: The new virgo stellar stream Duffau S.; Zinn, R; Vivas, AK; Carraro, G; Mendez, RA; Winnick, R; Gallart C. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2006)
The multiwavelength survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC): Survey design and deep public UBVRIZ ' images and catalogs of the extended Hubble Deep Field-South Gawiser, E; van Dokkum, PG; Herrera D.; Maza, J; Castander, FJ; Infante, L; Lira, P; Quadri, R; Toner, R; Treister, E.; URRY, CM; Altmann, M.; Assef, R.; Christlein D.; Coppi, PS; Duran, MF; Franx, M; Galaz G.; Huerta L.; Liu, C; López S.; Mendez, R; Moore, DC; Rubio M.; RUIZ, MT; Toft, S; Yi, SK Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES (2006)
The solar neighborhood. XIII. Parallax results from the CTIOPI 0.9 meter program: Stars with ? ? 1?0 yr -1 (Motion Sample) Jao, W. C.; Henry, T. J.; Subasavage J.P.; Brown M.A.; Ianna P.A.; Bartlett J.L.; Costa E.; Méndez R.A. Article SCOPUS ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2005)
The solar neighborhood. XIV. Parallaxes from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Parallax Investigation - First results from the 1.5 m telescope program Costa E.; Mendez, RA; Jao, WC; Henry, TJ; Subasavage, JP; Brown, MA; Ianna, PA; Bartlett J. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2005)
From Wide-Field Imager to VLT Survey Telescope Schmidtobreick L.; Germany, L; Mendez, R; Rassia, E; Selman, F Article ISI Baltic Astronomy (2004)
Constraining the local reddening distribution of SA 98 by star counts Chen A.B.-C.; Méndez R.A.; Tsay W.-S.; Lu P.K. Article SCOPUS ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2000)
THE 1993 MULTIWAVELENGTH CAMPAIGN ON 3C-279 - THE RADIO TO GAMMA-RAY ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION IN LOW STATE MARASCHI, L; GRANDI, P; URRY, CM; WEHRLE, AE; MADEJSKI, GM; FINK, HH; GHISELLINI, G; HARTMAN, RC; KORATKAR, AP; VONMONTIGNY, C; PIAN, E; THOMAS, HC; TREVES, A; ALLER, MF; ALLER, HD; BAILYN, CD; BALONEK, TJ; BOCK, H; COLLMAR, W; GLASS, IS; LITCHFIELD, SJ; MCHARDY, IM; MENDEZ, R; PESCE, J; REUTER, HP; ROBSON, EI; STEPPE, H; STEVENS, JA; TERASRANTA, H; WAGNER, SJ Article ISI ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (1994)
PROPER MOTIONS IN THE SOUTHERN ESO AREA-207, AREA-439, AND AREA-440 RUIZ, MT; TAKAMIYA, MY; MENDEZ, R; MAZA, J; WISHNJEWSKY, M Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (1993)
A PROPER MOTION SURVEY .1. HYADES AND UMA MOVING GROUPS MENDEZ, R; RUIZ, MT; MAZA, J; WISCHNJEWSKY, M Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (1992)
VELOCITY ELLIPSOIDS OF THE HYADES AND UMA MOVING GROUPS - AN APPLICATION TO PROPER MOTION SURVEYS MENDEZ, R; RUIZ, MT Article ISI ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (1992)


Galactic structure astrometry Méndez R.A. BookWhole SCOPUS Astrometry for astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications (2009)


The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: Project overview and current status Doi M.; Miyata, T.; Yoshii Y.; Kohno K.; Tanaka M.; Motohara K.; Minezaki T.; Kawara K.; Sako, S.; Morokuma T.; Tamura Y.; Tanabe T.; Hatsukade B.; Takahashi H.; Konishi M.; Kamizuka T.; Kato N.; Aoki, T; Soyano T.; Tarusawa K.; Handa T.; Koshida S.; Bronfman L.; Ruiz M.T.; Hamuy M.; Mendez R.; Garay G.; Escala, A ConferencePaper ISI SCOPUS (2018)
VVV IR HIGH PROPER MOTION STARS Kurtev, R; Gromadzki, M; Beamin, JC; Pena, K; Folkes S.; Ivanov, VD; Borissova, J.; Kuhn, M; Villanueva, V.; Minniti, D; Mendez, R; Lucas P.; Smith L.; Pinfield D.; Antonova, A ConferencePaper ISI V WORKSHOP ON ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATORIES, 2017 (2015)
Design of Enclosure and Support Facilities for the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5-m Telescope Sako, S.; Yoshii Y.; Doi, M; Kohno, K; Miyata, T.; Motohara, K; Kawara K.; Tanaka, M.; Minezaki T.; Morokuma, T; Tamura, Y; Tanabe T.; Takahashi, H; Konishi M.; Kamizuka T.; Koshida S.; Kato N.; Aoki, T; Soyano T.; Tarusawa K.; Handa T.; Bronfman, L.; RUIZ, MT; Hamuy, M.; Mendez, R ConferencePaper ISI SCOPUS COMPUTATIONAL OPTICS 2024 (2014)
Overview of University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope project Yoshii Y.; Doi, M; Kohno, K; Miyata, T.; Motohara, K; Kawara K.; Tanaka, M.; Minezaki T.; Sako, S.; Morokuma, T; Tamura, Y; Tanabe T.; Takahashi, H; Konishi M.; Kamizuka T.; Koshida S.; Kato N.; Aoki, T; Soyano T.; Tarusawa K.; Handa T.; Bronfman, L.; RUIZ, MT; Hamuy, M.; Mendez, R ConferencePaper ISI SCOPUS COMPUTATIONAL OPTICS 2024 (2014)
Low mass stellar and substellar companionship among nearby white dwarfs Radiszcz, M; Méndez R.A. ConferencePaper V WORKSHOP ON ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATORIES, 2017 (2009)
Proper motions in the galactic bulge: Plaut's window Vieira, K.; Casetti-Dinescu D.I.; Girard T.M.; Korchagin V.I.; Van Altena W.F.; Méndez R.A.; Rich, R. M.; Majewski, S. R.; van den Bergh, S ConferencePaper Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias (2009)
The lack of binaries among hot horizontal branch stars: M80 and NGC5986 Bidin C.M.; Méndez R.A.; Moehler S.; Piotto, G; Momany, Y.; Recio Blanco A. ConferencePaper ESO Astrophysics Symposia (2009)
The magellanic clouds field population chemical enrichment history Carrera R.; Gallart C.; Aparicio, A; Noel, N. E. D.; Costa E.; Hardy, E; Méndez R.A.; Zinn, R ConferencePaper Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias (2009)
The proper motion of the LMC Méndez R.A.; Costa E.; Moyano, M; Pedreros, M ConferencePaper V WORKSHOP ON ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATORIES, 2017 (2009)
The vertical velocity dispersion profile of the Galactic thick disk Bidin C.M.; Méndez R.A.; Girard T.M.; Van Altena W.F.; Korchagin V.I.; Casetti-Dinescu D.I.; Carraro, G ConferencePaper V WORKSHOP ON ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATORIES, 2017 (2009)


Topics on Information and Decision with applications to Coding and Inverse Problems in Astronomy FONDECYT (1170854) Proyecto 2018-2021 Coinvestigador(a)
Information and decision theory applied to the measurement of quantities of astronomical interest=> The case of ground- and space-based astrometry and photometry FONDECYT (1151213) Proyecto 2015-2017 Inv. Principal
ADeLA2014@SCL=> Scientific Meeting and Graduate Workshop (http=>//adela2014.das.uchile.cl/) ASTRONOMIA (32130011) Proyecto 2014-2015 Inv. Principal
Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (http=>//www.astrofisica.cl/) Ministry of Economy (http=>//www.iniciativamilenio.cl/) (0) Proyecto 2014-2018 Investigador(a)
BASAL Center for Astronomy and Associated Technologies (CATA, www.cata.cl) PIA (PFB-06) Proyecto 2013-2017 Investigador(a)
PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AROUND BROWN DWARVES FONDECYT (3140393) Proyecto 2013-2016 Inv. Patrocinante
INSIGHTS ON THE PROPERTIES AND ORIGIN OF THE LOCAL (ORION) GALACTIC SPIRAL ARM FONDECYT (1110100) Proyecto 2011-2015 Coinvestigador(a)
CONSTRAINING THE ORBITS OF NEARBY GALAXIES ACCURATE ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTIONS FOR THE CARINA, FORNAX, AND SCULPTOR DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES FONDECYT (1070312) Proyecto 2007-2011 Inv. Responsable
PARSEC and NPARSEC=> Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool stars, PI. Dr. Richard Smart, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy (http=>//parsec.oato.inaf.it/parsec.php) European Community (PIIF-GA-2009-236735) Proyecto 2007-2014 Investigador(a)
THE ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTION AND STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS FONDECYT (1050718) Proyecto 2005-2009 Coinvestigador(a)
FONDAP Center for Astrophysics (CENASTRO, www.cenastro.cl) FONDAP (15010003) Proyecto 2004-2012 Investigador(a)
IN SEARCH OF NEARBY STARS=> A PARALLAX PROGRAM FOR THE SOUTHERN SKY FONDECYT (1010137) Proyecto 2001-2005 Coinvestigador(a)
MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND REGIONS OF MASSIVE STAR FORMATION IN THE GALAXY=> DISTRIBUTION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES FONDECYT (8970017) Proyecto 1997-2001 Investigador(a)

René Méndez

Profesor

Departamento de Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Edgardo Costa

DEPTO. DE ASTRONOMÍA, FAC. DE CS. FIS. Y MAT., U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Jorge Silva

Associate Professor

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Leopoldo Infante

Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Christian Moni Bidin

Director

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

Marcos Orchard

Professor

Electrical Engineering

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Maximiliano Moyano

Director

Instituto de Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

Anna Vivas

Assistant Astronomer

Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory

La Serena, Chile

Paulina Lira

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

Rosa Vieira

Académico

Instituto de Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapó, Chile

Radostin Kurtev

Titular

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

Juan Beamin

Coordinador científico

Vicerrectoría de investigación y postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Maria Ruiz

Profesor Titular

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Sebastian Lopez

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Santiago, Chile

Leonardo Bronfman

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS

Santiago, Chile

Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

Linda Schmidtobreick

staff astronomer

Sciops

ESO

Vitacura, Chile

Roberto Assef

Profesor Titular

Núcleo de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

VENUMADHAV KALARI

Gemini-Conicyt

Astronomia

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Monica Rubio

Full Professor

DEPARTENTO DE ASTRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Andres Escala

Associated Professor. (ternured

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Gaspar Galaz

Profesor Titular, Director, Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE FÍSICA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA

Santiago, Chile

Amelia Bayo

Full Professor

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultado de Ciencias

Valparaiso, Chile

James Jenkins

Associate Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

José Maza

Full Professor

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Ezequiel Treister

Associate Professor

Institute of Astrophysics

Pontificia Universidad Catolica

Santiago, Chile

René Alejandro Méndez Bussard

Líneas de Investigación

Educación

Astronomia, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1995

Astronomy, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1993

Astronomia, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1989

Fisica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1987

Experiencia Académica

Profesor Full Time

Experiencia Profesional

Director Full Time

Director Full Time

Subdirector Full Time

Jefe Docente Full Time

Representante Chileno Full Time

Evaluador - Miembro del panel Full Time

Evaluador becas de Magister y Doctorado, Nacional y Extranjeras, Miembro del panel Full Time

Evaluador de articulos cientificos Other

Chairman fund Vera-Rubin/UdeChile Implementation Committee Other

Elected member Commission 1(Fundamental Astronomy) Other

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BookWhole (1)

ConferencePaper (10)

Proyecto (13)

Topics on Information and Decision with applications to Coding and Inverse Problems in Astronomy

Information and decision theory applied to the measurement of quantities of astronomical interest=> The case of ground- and space-based astrometry and photometry

ADeLA2014@SCL=> Scientific Meeting and Graduate Workshop (http=>//adela2014.das.uchile.cl/)

Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (http=>//www.astrofisica.cl/)

BASAL Center for Astronomy and Associated Technologies (CATA, www.cata.cl)

PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AROUND BROWN DWARVES

INSIGHTS ON THE PROPERTIES AND ORIGIN OF THE LOCAL (ORION) GALACTIC SPIRAL ARM

CONSTRAINING THE ORBITS OF NEARBY GALAXIES ACCURATE ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTIONS FOR THE CARINA, FORNAX, AND SCULPTOR DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES

PARSEC and NPARSEC=> Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool stars, PI. Dr. Richard Smart, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy (http=>//parsec.oato.inaf.it/parsec.php)

THE ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTION AND STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS

FONDAP Center for Astrophysics (CENASTRO, www.cenastro.cl)

IN SEARCH OF NEARBY STARS=> A PARALLAX PROGRAM FOR THE SOUTHERN SKY

MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND REGIONS OF MASSIVE STAR FORMATION IN THE GALAXY=> DISTRIBUTION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES